lubu wrote:
I copy pasted this from an Indianapolis TV station website. Vaguely, I remember the incident.
Hammond - An Indiana woman shot and killed an intruder breaking into her home. Her ordeal was caught on tape during the 911 call she made to police.
It happened in Hammond, Indiana in November 2007. The man had been stalking the woman and she bought a gun for protection.
The woman had been complaining about her former boyfriend for months and had filed repeated complaints against him. She said he slashed her tires in a confrontation at a legion hall, where he warned her saying, "It's not over yet!"
Dispatcher: "Hammond 911."
Caller: "Yeah, he's trying to get in my back door again."
On November 12th the woman called Hammond police saying her boyfriend was in her yard trying to get into the house.
Caller: "I've been having a lot of problems with him. Please."
Dispatcher: "Ok, they're on their way. Did he come in a car?"
Caller: "I don't know. He's trying to get in my back door."
As the call continues, the woman pleads with police to hurry. The Hammond dispatcher stays on the line assuring the woman that officers are on their way.
Dispatcher: "OK, can you get to a room with a lock on it?"
Caller: "Yes, I can."
Dispatcher: "OK, I'm going to tell you when it's okay to come out, okay?"
The woman takes refuge in an upstairs bedroom, eventually hiding in a closet.
Caller: "He broke through the window again."
Dispatcher: "OK, is he in the house?"
Caller: "Yes, I think he is."
Two minutes into the call the woman then tells the dispatcher she is armed.
Dispatcher: "Does he normally carry weapons at all?"
Caller: "I got one today."
Dispatcher: "You got one what?"
Caller: "I got a weapon today."
Dispatcher: "OK, A gun? You have it? Is it in the room with you?"
The dispatcher informs the arriving officers that the woman is armed.
About five mintues after the call began here is the final exchange between the woman and the dispatcher.
Caller: "He's at the door now."
Dispatcher: "He's turning the door knob. Okay, is that him I hear?"
Caller: "Yeah."
Dispatcher: "Is there anything you can put.."
Caller: "What are you doing??? "STOP IT! STOP IT! STOP IT!"..
Dispatcher: "Okay, he's in with her!"
Caller: "STOP IT! STOP IT! STOP IT! STOP IT! Stop it. Please stop it."
Police say the woman will not face charges for the shooting because she acted in self-defense.
-={ARCLIGHT}=- wrote:
It is ALWAYS better to have a gun and not need it, than it is to need a gun and NOT HAVE IT.